Jody Lipford

Jody W. Lipford is a professor of economics at Presbyterian College and was a visiting scholar at PERC. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Francis Marion College and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Clemson University

With abundant rainfall, the southeastern United States has rarely experienced conflicts over the allocation of water. But that is changing. As population grows, the demand for water grows, and when periodic drought occurs, disputes can result.